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Issue: Vol. 3014 No. 1: 5 Sep. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-09-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3014.1.1
Page range: 1–25
Abstract views: 28
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Revision of Platycalymma Westwood, 1889, and the synonymy of Ichromantis Paulian, 1957 (Mantodea, Iridopterygidae, Tropidomantinae)

Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Entomologie, C.P.50, 45 rue Buffon, F – 75231 Paris cedex 05, France
Research and Collections, New York State Museum, 3140 Cultural Education Center, Albany, New York, 12230, USA 3Department of Biology, Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, 167 Castetter Hall, MSC03 2020, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131, USA
Mantodea Tropidomantinae Platycalymma revision classification taxonomy Madagascar

Abstract

The endemic Malagasy praying mantis genus Platycalymma Westwood, 1889, is taxonomically treated with a re-description of the genus and of the type species, P. latipennis Westwood, 1889. The genus Ichromantis Paulian, 1957, is newly determined as a junior synonym to Platycalymma, which results in the inclusion of two additional species within the genus, P. befasica (Paulian, 1957) and P. dichroica (Paulian, 1957), both re-described within this study. In addition, we add three new species to the genus described from Madagascar: P. annulicornis n. sp., P. mahafalica n. sp. and P. viettei n. sp. A key to the six species in English and French is provided for increased accessibility to the people of Madagascar. Illustrations of major features used to diagnose species are provided including the head, pronotum, apex of abdomen and male genitalia. Species distribution is presented and locality coordinates are provided in print as well as being available for download as a KML file viewable in Google Earth.

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